About this app
About Polymath
Smart An Android app that teaches you general knowledge until you are genuinely good at trivia. Download smart.apk** on your phone and tap to install (allow installs from your browser if asked). Android 8.0+. Every push to main refreshes that release automatically. Why this exists, and why "just play more trivia" doesn't work The usual advice is to practise trivia a lot. That is a weak strategy, and the instinct that it is wrong is correct. Playing quizzes only tests the facts you happen to be dealt, gives you one unspaced exposure to each, and leaves you to forget them on the ordinary forgetting curve. You end up with a thin, random layer of knowledge and no mechanism for keeping it. What actually builds durable knowledge is well established: | Principle | What the app does | |---|---| | **Structured curriculum** | Teaches a deliberately chosen canon, not random questions | | **Spaced repetition** | SM-2 scheduling brings each fact back just before you'd forget it | | **Active recall** | You retrieve the answer before seeing it — retrieval is what builds memory | | **Dual coding** | Every fact is paired with a real image, so it is stored twice | | **Interleaving** | Daily batches mix subjects instead of blocking one topic | | **Testing effect** | Quiz mode simulates real conditions and feeds misses back into review | Quizzing is the *test*, not the training. This app is the…